resort. steven moore joins us from washington. steven is a senior economics writer with "the wall street journal." he writes op-eds. he's involved in the opinion pages. he's also a co-founder of the organization called club for growth, which has really been at the forefront of fighting tax increases across the board. so, you know, sometimes, steven, on tv we talk about grover norquist and a lot of people really don't like him. you think grover has the right idea. you have colleague es in the senate, in the house of representatives. we have talked about this endlessly for many months and we both sort of went into the last few days thinking they'll get a deal, they'll do it. it will increase some tacks on the rich and we'll figure out a number. i think both of us put forward it would be $500,000, the threshold. were we wrong or what? >> well, you know, ali, i love you, but i don't want to spend new year's eve with you and we may be doing that. i don't know. look, i still think -- i have been saying this for the last three weeks, there's going to be a deal at the 11th hour. now i'm not quit

about move on .org, job source, michael moore and that crowd. they put millions of dollars in. this is pay back time now. this president, you can remember very well when he said, i've got to get re-elected first and then we can do more. that's what he said to the far left environmentalists, and he is bound and determined to have that level of taxation that would just drive jobs outs of this country by droves. >> we can't afford the job loss. we can't afford the income loss. we need you to continue to stay the fight for the rest of us. always a pleasure and thanks for being with us had too. [applause]. >>> lots more to come in our look ahead to 2013 including hollis green law on the future of housing and job markets. and tony perkins will respond to critics who say the republicans ought to trade their conservative values for votes. want to know what i did in the last five hours? i played a round of golf. then i read a book while teaching myself how to play guitar; ran ten miles while knitting myself a sweater; jumped out of a plane. finally, i became a ping pong master while recordin

it. if he hopeful we will get a last minute deal? stephen moore. look, you are here earlier this month and said we will be back here talking with you. >> here we are. ashley: we are getting inklings of some sort of deal being put together. >> i heard for the first time what you just heard. the framework of that deal -- i think that was something that probably could make it through the senate and the house. nancy pelosi will have to deliver anywhere from 50-100 votes from her democratic office. but, of course, let's not forget that gets us around the immediate problem of what they are calling the fiscal cliff. this is just act one. then we deal with the dead ceiling. this was just the idea of an opening bid, if you will. i think it will be good news for the market if a deal like this were enacted. shibani: you are talking about the markets. i want to ask you about their role in getting to this point. we have seen steep declines. multi- hundred point the kleins in some instances, we have not been met in this case. is this part of the reason we are in this position? >> well, you kno

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